| Edition |
Collector's edition. |
| Description |
5 videodiscs (approximately 13 hr. 20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
"Based upon the works by Rex Stout"--Container. |
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Cataloged from container. |
| Contents |
v. 1. Death of a doxy (Double episode) / teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Doyle ; directed by Timonthy Hutton -- The next witness / teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Doyle ; directed by James Tolkan -- Die like a dog / teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Dole ; directed by James Tolkan. v. 2. Murder is corny / teleplay by William Rabkin and Lee Goldberg ; directed by George Bloomfield -- Motherhunt / teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Doyle / directed by Alan Smithee -- Poison a la carte / teleplay by William Rabkin and Lee Goldberg ; directed by George Bloomfield. v. 3. Too many clients (Double episode) / teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Doyle ; directed by John L'Ecuyer -- Before I die / teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Doyle ; directed by John L'Ecuyer -- Help wanted, male / teleplay by Mark Stein directed by John L'Ecuyer. v. 4. The silent speaker (Double episode) / teleplay by Michael Jaffe ; directed by Michael Jaffe -- Cop killer / Teleplay by Jennifer Salt ; directed by John R. Pepper -- Immune to murder / teleplay by Stuart Kaminsky ; directed by John R. Pepper. v. 5. Bonus features: The golden spiders (the first full-length A & E orIginal Nero Wolfe movie) / teleplay by Paul Monash ; directed by Bill Duke -- The making of Nero Wolfe -- The silent speaker (double episode) in letterbox format. |
| Credits |
Executive producers, Michael Jaffe, Timothy Hutton, Howard Braunstein ; executive producer for A & E, Delia Fine. |
| Performer |
Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin. |
| Summary |
A dozen cases await the reclusive Manhattan epicure and his gregarious sidekick. Archie finds a dead woman's body while doing a simple favor for a friend. Wolfe bolts from court when he believes his testimony will convict an innocent man. While fetching his raincoat, Archie stumbles onto a murder scene. A delivery boy is murdered and Archie is the prime suspect. Wolfe and Archie hunt for the mother of an abandoned baby. A lecherous producer is poisoned during a banquet prepared by Fritz. A client who thinks he's being followed turns up dead. A gangster hires the duo to protect him from blackmail. Wolfe refuses to help a man whose being threatened and who later turns up dead. A nearly bankrupt Wolfe reluctantly investigates the death of a bureaucrat. Two illegal aliens become suspects in the killing of a policeman. The Assistant Secretary of State is found floating in a trout stream. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Wolfe, Nero (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Private investigators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Television programs.
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| Genre/Form |
Mystery television programs.
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| Added Author |
Hutton, Timothy, 1960-
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Tolkan, James, 1931-
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Bloomfield, George, 1929-2011
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Smithee, Alan.
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L'Ecuyer, John.
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Jaffe, Michael.
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Pepper, John R.
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Duke, Bill, 1943-
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Chaykin, Maury.
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Stout, Rex, 1886-1975.
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Freemantle International.
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Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd.
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Arts and Entertainment Network.
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| Added Title |
Nero Wolfe (Television program)
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| ISBN |
076705508X set |
| Music No. |
AAE-70889 A & E |
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